Montana · Nonprofit
BIG BLACKFOOT CHAPTER OF TROUT UNLIMITED INC
BIG BLACKFOOT CHAPTER OF TROUT UNLIMITED INC (Montana) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $549,633 to it, the largest being NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ($121,465). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $550k
- Net assets
- $374k
What Big Blackfoot Chapter of Trout Unlimited Inc does
Mission
The mission of the big blackfoot chapter of trout unlimited (bbctu) is to identify, develop and implement projects that conserve and enhance the cold water fishery of the blackfoot river and its tributaries, while preserving the existing character of the watershed in cooperation with the landowners and users of the watershed.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
During the fiscal year ended 03.31.24, as the mission statement implies, bbctu was involved in planning, implementing or monitoring a number of specific habitat improvement projects as well as participating with valley residents in a wide range of general watershed issues. Bbctu members and partners participated in both watershed-wide initiatives as well as specific restoration projects. The chapter initiated and/or completed instream restoration project designs on another reach of nevada creek and grazing management projects were developed on nevada creek. Fish passage projects designs were implemented on benedict creek, poorman creek and clearwater river. Bbctu continued its support of the research of montana fish, wildlife and parks on the native fishery of the blackfoot. Bbctu also sponsored and participated in a number of events in the blackfoot valley and wrote several grant applications to support projects. Bbctu led several tours, presented on restoration topics and organized volunteer days to plant riparian vegetation.
$1,911,423 spentof which $4,500 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,911,423.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $237k to $327k (+38%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 81% · 2018 80% · 2020 84% · 2021 87% · 2022 60% · 2023 53% · 2024 67% · 2025 87%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of BIG BLACKFOOT CHAPTER OF TROUT UNLIMITED INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $99k → $131k.
7 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 47% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BIG BLACKFOOT CHAPTER OF TROUT UNLIMITED INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BIG BLACKFOOT CHAPTER OF TROUT UNLIMITED INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
96% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BIG BLACKFOOT CHAPTER OF TROUT UNLIMITED INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 80% · 2018 76% · 2019 100% · 2020 76% · 2021 78% · 2022 36% · 2023 76% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
25% of BIG BLACKFOOT CHAPTER OF TROUT UNLIMITED INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
BIG BLACKFOOT CHAPTER OF TROUT UNLIMITED INC draws 54% of its grant income from funders outside Montana, across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $259k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BIG BLACKFOOT CHAPTER OF TROUT UNLIMITED INC has grown faster than half of the 717 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 717 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding BIG BLACKFOOT CHAPTER OF TROUT UNLIMITED INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $5.3M on record.
- Department of Agriculture$3.0M
- Department of the Interior$2.3M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like BIG BLACKFOOT CHAPTER OF TROUT UNLIMITED INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Montana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BIG BLACKFOOT CHAPTER OF TROUT UNLIMITED INC?
- BIG BLACKFOOT CHAPTER OF TROUT UNLIMITED INC (Montana) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $549,633 to it, the largest being NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ($121,465). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BIG BLACKFOOT CHAPTER OF TROUT UNLIMITED INC have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $549,633 in grants to BIG BLACKFOOT CHAPTER OF TROUT UNLIMITED INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BIG BLACKFOOT CHAPTER OF TROUT UNLIMITED INC?
- NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $121,465 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BIG BLACKFOOT CHAPTER OF TROUT UNLIMITED INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Montana. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 17 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing